Project That Shaped Me: Claire Kirton
I have loved building since I was a small girl – from sandcastles to dolls houses, Lego to Meccano. I am fortunate that I have been able to build a...
13 April, 2021
Articles
B Corp Month: The B Corp Built Environment Working Group
In 2020 the team at Ward Williams Associates (WWA) was incredibly proud to achieve a World First! We became the first Chartered Surveyors in the world to become a Certified...
29 March, 2021
B Corp Month: The power of networking in construction
It’s B Corp Month and we have been thinking about how we can use ‘business as a force for good’. B Corp has posed the question “how can we be...
15 March, 2021
Dispute Resolution: Thoughts on Adjudication
The construction industry is known for the number of disputes that arise in it, and having spent all my working life, not an insignificant number of years, in the sector...
08 March, 2021
Career Story – Harrison Stone (Trainee Quantity Surveyor)
Harrison Stone, Assistant Quantity Surveyor in the WWA Plymouth office, shares his career story: How did you get into construction? Once I had completed my A-Levels, I left college with little idea...
23 November, 2018
Breaking Ground at The Wave
Enabling works have started on the innovative inland surfing project, The Wave. The Wave is located just off the M5 at Bristol and will be the first inland surf lake in...
23 October, 2018
Career Story – James Griffin (Project Manager)
James Griffin, Project Manager in the WWA Truro office, shares his career story: What is your background and how did you get into Construction? My family runs a construction business, which I...
16 October, 2018
Long Rock Plans on Show at Exhibition
Cornwall Council’s plans for a £3.7 million project to protect and improve one of Cornwall’s most iconic seafronts were recently on display to the public. The exhibition detailed how new sea...
24 September, 2018
Topping Out at The Box
Last week, the team responsible for The Box, Plymouth celebrated the structural completion of the building at a Topping Out Ceremony on site. As part of the ceremony, attendees signed a...
20 September, 2018
Prue Leith Opens New Cookery School
Truro School’s new cookery school was officially opened last week, by Prue Leith. Prue has had a long-established career as a chef, restauranteur, business woman and journalist, as well as hosting...
20 September, 2018